Longing For A Godly Leader

well tonight, I will remember we have We have finished the eight Visions in Zachariah and tonight, the title of this message is longing for a Godly leader. Where in Zachariah 2 chapter 6, verse 9 through 15 and we're going to look at about 6 versus tonight. I'm going to show you the slide that we showed last week the first and you can see their longing for the peace of God to Justice presents righteousness, Power Authority, and the victory Of God. That was the first the eight visions that we went over tonight is not a vision. It's just something that's a word of the Lord came to Zakaria. But if I was studying is, I was thinking about in those days, just like an hour day, we're longing for Godly leaders on me. That's what we need. And I are not only in our country as far as a president or something that may be true, but School boards and and governors and Mayors and things like that, we just need godly people and godly leaders. So let's look at Zechariah Chapter 6, and we're going to read verses 9 through 15. And this is what it says, then the word of the Lord came to me, say Received the gift from the cactus. From hell. The badger in Judea who have come from Babylon and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah. Or son of zephyr will have a lot of names. They're the worst laughing take the silver and gold. Now, this is the gift that the three men brought make an elaborate Crown underlined Network Crown in the Bible or Circle. And set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Joe has it that the high priest. So Joshua is the high priest And the message here is to take this silver and gold that was for a gift to the temple. and go make a crown and take that crown and set it on, Joshua's head, the high priest, first 12, didn't speak to him saying that says the Lord of hosts say it, Behold the man who name is the branch. We talked about that in chapter 3 for his place. Michelle Branch out. And he shall build the Temple of the Lord. Yes. He shall build the Temple of the Lord, he shall bear the glory and she'll sit in rule on his throne, underlying spit Andrew. He shall sit Andrew on his throne so he shall be a priest on his throne, underlined priest on his throne.

Grease not supposed to be on the throne who sits on the throne God or the David King or maybe Moses a priest, doesn't sit on the throne.

So we we have to talk about that. And then it says, and the counsel of Peace shall be between them both. Now, the elaborate Crown Shelby for a memorial in the temple of the Lord for hell on which is held. I the first guy that we mention, hello, And two by jidenna Daya and hen. The son of Zephaniah. Ian is what is a nickname for Josiah. So it we see in the first verse that go to the house of Josiah. The son of Zephaniah with hen is a nickname for Josiah because he didn't mean gracious. And I guess what the Bible say in here that Josiah was so gracious. Offer them his house. So they they called again, which means gracious. First 15, even those from afar, they'll come and build the Temple of the Lord. I go back to verse. 13. In the branch. And what does verse 13 say? Yes he shall wipe build the Temple of the Lord. That's why I don't say it and he shall build the Temple of Lord come by the branch. Receiving verse 15, even those from partial come and build the Temple of the Lord. Well, which one is it? Is it the grant which points to Jesus Ranch? He's called the branch is the branch going to be lit or are people from afar going to come and build the Temple of the Lord and you shall know that the Lord has sent me to you. This your come to pass if you diligently a baby voice of the Lord, your God. What do we have here? Well, this is not a vision like the first 8, but it is so closely connected to what has gone on before. It's just actually a continuation of these Visions if you will, now it kind of parallels and incident and Joshua 3, remember longing, for the righteousness of God when he had on the varmints that were dirty and they had to put more garments on clean garments on him. This is pointing to the branch which we said before is Jesus to fulfil. The Priestly office because Joshua went with the high priest. What is confusing here in five is a crown. Play Saint Joshua. And I don't know if you noticed it or not, the Bible doesn't say this. But it says now the elaborate Crown verse 14 Shelby for Memorial in the temple. In other words they put the crown on Joshua as a symbolic representation of something. We'll talk about that. And then he says I drop will give me the crown back because we're going to go put it in the temple for no more. You don't wear this friend. Somebody else is going where? Who's the top one day is going to be Jesus. He's going to wear the crown on your head. Is we are symbolizing something and we'll talk about that in just a moment. So the app horny forward to a greater priest who would wear that crown and I noticed it says that his name verse 12, the man whose name is the branch. Now, I'm looking at the king new King, James Bond says, behold the man whose name is the branch from his place. He shall Branch out. What does your translation sucks? Cuz it's a branch. Play Grant Gustin. Go out cuz he will go out Branch out throw-up out of this place to pull over and he's going to go up out of his place and then it is his Ranch and Branch out. Alright, this right here, the word branch. Both of these words have the same route but some translations say, he's going to be a shoot, a shoot growing up out of the ground and he's going to shoot out. The reason that he has is because both of these words here have the same root word for really. The proper interpretation is he is the branch and he's going to Branch out or he's the shoot and he's going to shoot out. That would be. Because it's right there. But he's going to Branch out from his place and he's going to build the Temple of the Lord and he's going to be close with Majesty in East 160th and rule on his throne but not only that. The Bible says he shall be a priest on his drunk. Well let's look at the confrontation beer verses 9 through 11.

they bring a gift with obviously, it's for the temple and most likely these are men who Did not leave Babylon but stayed in Babylon after the children came back. So they were carrying dies for the temple. And most of the time these gifts would be given to the temple Personnel, but on this occasion, Zachariah said, no, you take this.

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Take the silver and gold and make an elaborate Crown. Actually that word Crown in the Hebrew is full. Do a lot of people have said where you made a crown for Joshua made a crown for the rule won't cuz he was the governor. But the contacts to your I think is one crown and what it mean is he making a composite crown of gold? It says here and what was the other was it silver? Please take the silver and gold. So they're making like a crown with a strand of silver and then another strand of gold is what they're doing. So it is one Crown. Now let's talk about The word crown. And I have a Do you feel this word craft? And I clicked it but it's just not moving. There comes a problem, I brought my little laser corner and I even do this when I was thinking, I want to tell you about this word crime, said, make a cramp in the Hebrew. The first one is adderal and it means a farm and honor or royalty Who would wear the crown that's Royal and honor and farthest. Someone who sits on the throne someone called up what does this word right here? He's 14 Lee Crown. Well there's another word its major and what this mean it means is someone who has separated setup. For service consecrated like a priest. Or in today's do you think of a Preacher preacher is called by God? He's kind of set apart set. Aside, the preachers were. So you think of a priest we get from this word, mazur Nazarite. Vows in the Bible people who were set apart for God, but here's what it is. When they say the crown on Joshua, Joshua was the high priest. So this is his headdress right here every time in the Bible, when it's all about the priest is headdress. If uses neighbor But here in this portion of scripture here, said put the crown on Joshua that uses out of Rock. The kingly Frank, that you say, what? What's up, what's so big about that? Because under Old Testament law, the high priest could never wear a Royal Crown, never so prophetic significance here. No Crown was placed on zaruba boy, I mean depended on that they have been misleading the people because they're trying to re-establish the Divinity of David. But no that's not right. So just remember this ever since Moses? They was a. I would call it a rigid distinction between the keenly office and the Priestly office. The kingly office came from the lineage of David. But the Priestly office came from Aaron. Remember Aaron in the Bible came from him and it was me, it was the tribe of Levi. But they were always kept slapping. No King could ever perform Priestly duties and no priest could ever go and sit on the throne here but let me shot the kid. He was a king. We did, he tried to be a priest 2nd Chronicles 2616 rue21. Now, watch this, But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction. Or he transgressed against the Lord, his God. By entering the Temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense, he transgressed, he was bikini but he couldn't go in the temple and do that.

So I had to ride the priest went in after him in with him were a decrease of the Lord Valiant men. So the priests and 80 others went in the try to stop and look what happened and they withstood seeing you saw and said to him. It is not for you use. I to burn incense to the Lord. But for the priests, the sun appear at their sons of Erin, who are consecrated remember set apart the burn in Cent, get out of the sanctuary for you have trespassed, you shall have no honor from the Lord God died.

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One more back, right? And he had a sensor in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the pre leprosy broke out on his forehead, because Stephen trying to do the office of a priest. Before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense off. And as around the chief priests and all the priests and looked at it and bear on his forehead. He was lepre. So they thrust him out of that place. Indeed. He also a hurry to get out because the Lord has struck me. Any news, I was a leper until the day of his death. He dwell in the isolated house because he was a leper where he was cut off from the house. If you see how serious of an offense that this wasn't no, could ever go into the temple and burn incense or offer sacrifice. And no fries, would never go and sit down on the throne and pretend that he is King. The Lord would strike him dead right here. He struck with leprosy. You just could not do that. So when the people probably solve put this Crown, this team Lee crown on a Prius, they probably just asked what in the world is going on here? Well, the prophet David. Before Saul. The coming of a man. Who would be both priests rehab, please.

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The Lord has sworn and will not relent speaking of his son, Jesus, you are a priest forever. According to the order of Matilda. You are a priest for ever. So, this hope hear this prophecy is reaffirm through this symbolic crown and I remember they're not going to leave the crown on his head. They going to take it right back off because I we don't put it in the Tampa for Memorial but we want you to know is one day there's a man coming and not only is he going to be to freeze? Not only is he going to offer sacrifice for our sins is on but he's going to rule with a rod of iron and he's going to be And this is talking about Jesus Christ. Jerubbaal had no right in any Priestly function and Joshua as a priest could not wear the kingly crown but that is exactly what his picture here of Joshua. So what we call this an old Tesla. If we say that Joshua is here, is a type of Christ. He's representing Christ, who is the true with his of that? Both King and priest. Look what Hebrews 7:1 through three sets of that king of Salem priest of the most high God, Hammer turning from the slaughter of the Kings and bless him. The who also Abraham day with 10th part of all first being translated, king of righteousness. Then also king of Salem, meaning, king of peace. Without, father, without mother without genealogy. Have it neither beginning, nor days or end of life. But made, like the Son of God remains the priests continue. Talking about people, making a free penuel it and look what it says that we look at Psalm 110. For we already looked at that, their priests had the kingly dignity adding to him in time. But with Christ, his kingly office is grounded in his Priestly work. For us on the cross. When he died on the cross, he was acting as our Prince. We needed a sacrifice for sin. We need it somehow to have our sins forgiven. Jesus Christ, did his Priestly, do I dying on the cross and now he sits at the right hand of the father and he said, it's because he's our team. that's what this is symbolizing right here, 12 and 13, background places to print the crown upon Joshua And this is what he says here in verse 12, after you put the crown on, he says, then speak to him saying that says Lord of hosts behold the man whose name is the guy from this place. Keep your branch out. His name is the shoot from his place, he'll shoot out and he shall build the Temple of the Lord and he told me to sit on his throne and rule. In other words, the coronation of Joshua in the present is a symbolic promise of the coordination of the coming, bring in the future. Brent is Jesus Christ? Whose passages from Jeremiah, gives up the background here. Behold, the days are coming? Says the Lord. That I will raise to David, a branch of righteousness. Notice how Branch branch of righteousness. A king shall reign and prosper, and execute judgment, and righteousness in the earth. Jesus, as a teen, In Those Days, Inn at that time, I will crawl across to grow up the David, a branch of righteousness. He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth known as he says, I'm supposed to go up to date is in line of David. David was the only if I remember Aaron was the Priestly side, so this second Message promise. Is that a descendant of David described as the branch? Is going to sit on the throne and under his leadership. All the good fortune will be restored to enjoy and Judah and he's going to establish justice and righteousness and Security in the land. So he a branch comes every one of these words. In this property, here is very important. Look at, look at what it said. Well said, the Lord of hosts, and behold the man.

These are the very words that pilot used to represent. A baton. I'm about to be ready crucified Christ to the people in Jerusalem. Don't remember Pilots it to me. Look at your feet. He was saying well on this occasion, refer to in Zachariah. It's not talkin about a Christ who has been humiliated. This is the Christ. We're looking at here. The one who's coming by the next keyword is branch. And of course, here. What is talkin about a Brandt? It's a, a tree flower didn't say a bush, but it said labrant. What does a branch signify something insignificant? When you say a tree, you don't look at that. Pretty branch that you said. Look at that tree, a beautiful tree. You don't go down to the branch. A look at that. Pretty Grant you see. Branches are insignificant

Crisis as the branch, he's going to start out in significant, would that me? Where was he? Born in a stable, with some smelly animals and no one pair, he just had an insignificant birth but it says here that he's going to Branch out and he is going to rule the entire world, which is exactly what he did and what he will do. When he comes back starts in significant, but in time, he's going to Branch out from his place and dominate the world. And then it says he will build the temp. What temp is talking about the temple that they were wanting to build and got time cuz the ruble. He completed that Temple. Is what Temple is it? Is the literal Temple. I believe that Christ will build when he comes back in the Earthly, Thousand-Year Reign on Earth, it is the millennial Temple. He will roll. And it's a temple in which many Gentiles will come and be a part up. They what, what does it mean? When the Federal Reserve 14th? That the reverse 15 Bell come from afar and Bill? Well, literally it mean price is going to build the millennial Temple when he comes back but spiritually. I think this means that Gentiles are the one who's going to build. My spiritual Temple Church in. Who is it now that accept the gospel? And we try to carry it throughout the whole world gospel. We are building Christ Church leaving. Now was the Bible say, don't, you know, that your body is fought the Temple of the Holy Spirit? We are a temple. And this, I believe has too many is a literal and a spiritual meaning as well. The church in, this is what Paul says. Look what he says in the spirit for Pebble in whom the whole building being fitted together, grows into a holy Temple in the Lord.

In Zachariah sees this so Insurance. He's going to be a seed. He's going to be from the sea from the seed of promise and he's going to be in the land of promise and he's going to be close with Lori and it says that he's going to sit and rule on his wrong. Now, why is that important? I told you the underlying where it says he shall be a priest. Why is that important?

There was no chairs in the temple. So why didn't? Because their job is never done. They were constantly putting up sacrifices and forgiveness of Sins, Not only for their own selves and family, but for the food, that's why they were no chairs in the table, because the priests could never sit now. Because they didn't have time to sit down and they were offering prayers. For the people and 4. Then said there was no seed in the Tabernacle, is well, because their work was an unfinished work, but when Christ comes back, his work will be finished. That's why, when he ascended to Heaven, what does it say? He sat at the right hand of the father, why? Because he gives us to give me some see him dying on the cross, and I only had to happen once. That's where a great high priest can see. My other freeze could not be kind of Bible says in Hebrews 8:1. Now, this is the main point of the things. We are saying, we have such a high priest, because of Jesus, who is seated at the right hand of the Throne of the majesty and they haven't, you see, how can you put fries with sea that would never happen if I can freeze with Martini crown and a priest for free and a free to receive our. And they look at 12 to Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy, that was set before him in Georgia. Cross despising, the shame and has set down at the right hand of the, you see Jesus, when he comes back, he's going to take both offices in combining and he's going to be empty, our ruler, our government, if he's our great high priest who intercedes for us right now, you see both offices are combined. That would have never happened in the Old Testament. For somebody would have left You say, but it does because of Jesus. Now, look at this statement here, he's going to be a team prints and look at this thing to fear in verse 15. 4:13 says, and the counsel of Peace shall be between them both. Now, what does that mean between both? Well, I think what this means, it could be a double meaning number one, perfect, peace and Justice. Because all several and governing and religious Authority will be harmonized in one person and their feet between that, he's our King and he's our priests, they'll be peace for that, but it also could mean this may be the peace there talk about is between God and sent. Wait to go on Sunday morning when we talked about, but the fruit of the spirit is what peace. We talked about the peace with God and the peace of God and maybe this is talkin about the pieces Queen. Holy God. And sinners Christ is our peace But whichever way is talkin about. Probably both would think he's our peace. And so now it's about 20 pill. I think that's about all we can take tonight. So, next Wednesday night, I got one more Point versus 14 and 15. We'll talk a little bit more of how Jesus was filled with, and we'll complete chapter 6.

Thank you for a great high priest and we thank you for our team G. Lord, that he will combine both offices in Lord, he will rule and he will rule with righteousness and Justice. And thank you, Lord. That he's our priests that he intercedes for us even now as he brings our prayers. Even those the ones that we can't even think how afraid he brings those to the father each and every day or we thank you for this speaking with. Thank you for this problem. Price name, I do pray. Amen.